Welcome to Week 9 of our online course. This week will be reading a selection of short works from the 19th Century, which feature women protagonists, “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant, along with the Emily Dickinson poem “The Wife.” I look forward to reading your responses to these quite stunning works, which express the unspoken longings of married women from this bygone century.